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“Murder accused recaptured”

Two months after he escaped from the Arima Magistrates’ Court, murder accused Hamilton “Musa” Small, has been recaptured.

Police said based on information they received they stopped a car in Santa Cruz on Thursday evening and arrested three men and a woman.

The two men held with Small are being questioned in relation to murders. All three men are being held at the Morvant Police Station while the woman is being held at the Barataria Police Station.

Police said Small gave them a wrong name in an attempt to throw them off but they were informed of his whereabouts and knew who he was.

On November 28, Small after escaping went to visit the son he had never seen. According to police, Small went to Congo Terrace, Arima, to visit the mother of his child hoping to see his three-year-old son, but left without seeing the child.

Police said around 9 am, Small climbed a wall at the courthouse and escaped. He changed his clothing before mingling with the crowd gathered outside the courthouse before disappearing.

He was charged for the murder of Jason Granderson at his Carapo home in 2014.

As the truth of our economic predicament sets in, readers may find it useful to look back at previous budgets since 2001.

One will easily note that in a nine-year period up to 2010, national budgets increased by over 300%, and while this happened, oil and gas production declined, there were drastic declines in drilling, negligible diversification, foreign investment plunged, and the State was plagued by over-budget mega projects.

In the years 2011 to 2015, national budgets increased by approximately 26% in spite of non-boom oil and gas prices, with increases in oil and gas exploration and new investments, as well as completed and delivered large-scale projects.